Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA)

VEOA allows eligible veterans to apply and compete for positions announced under merit promotion procedures when the hiring agency is recruiting from outside its own workforce.  If you compete under the merit promotion procedures and are selected you will be given a career or career-conditional appointment.

To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, a veteran must be a:

• Preference eligible (See section below on preference eligibility) or;
• Veteran separated after 3 or more years of continuous service performed under honorable conditions.  If you were released short of completing 3 years of continuous active duty your military service will be considered to have met the length of service requirement for VEOA.

To receive further consideration, in addition to meeting one of the eligibility requirements listed above, you must also:

• Meet the qualification requirements of the position as described in the vacancy announcement and;
• Be within the area of consideration

If you are applying for a Merit Promotion announcement under VEOA in addition to the required application materials as stated in the vacancy announcement, you must submit, as proof of eligibility, your DD-214 for the period of service for which you are claiming eligibility.